Berrien County News

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THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF LAKELAND TO 20 MILES EAST OF LAKELAND...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

Investigators say Gary Manning stole cash and jewelry from the home of one of his relatives on Ward Street in Ray City last Tuesday.

A three-day manhunt throughout Berrien and Lanier counties ended with the arrests of two men in Long County for burglary charges last Friday.

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The first African American mayor of Ray City, Georgia is now running for the state's top post.

Don't think Macon police aren't paying attention to next year's budget. Some 30 or more patrol officers, investigators, command staff and others joined Chief Mike Burns as he presented his budget to City Council's Appropriations Committee on Thursday.

Ray City Mayor Carl Camon announced his candidacy Thursday for Georgia's governor.

Berrien County Firefighters in Ray City Georgia were dispatched out to Highway 64 Wednesday night for a tree that had fallen onto a car traveling North at the time.

The Ray City Fire Department has launched a aggressive fire safety campaign geared not just towards children but, adults as well.

A Nashville toddler drowned in a pool during a Memorial Day celebration Monday in what the Berrien County coroner described as a "tragic accident." "The kids went inside to eat lunch and thought he was with them, but he wasn't," said Berrien County coroner Rob Lovein.

They're teaching women gun safety. Deputies say an alarming number of women don't know how to operate a firearm, even if they have guns in the home.

More than a dozen teams tried their hands Saturday in this Berrien County town's Barbecue Cook-Off and Car Show.

In their efforts to combat drugs and crime in the community, Berrien County authorities have made nine drug-related arrests in the past two months.

As part of its on-going centennial celebration, this Berrien County town hosts the Ray City Barbecue Cook-Off this weekend.

On Friday, Berrien High School's FFA program sponsored Farm Day, giving students the chance to experience agriculture for themselves.

It's appearing on buildings, fences, even on people's homes. "Places that are normally really pretty, it's like they destroy them.

The downtown districts of Fitzgerald and Sylvester were hit hard by powerful stoms Monday, but thankfully no serious injuries have been reported in either city.

Four people were arrested Thursday in Nashville for drug-related offenses as a result of a four-month undercover investigation.

Four people have been arrested in Cook County and Berrien County and charged with crimes involving ecstasy and powder cocaine.